#caregiver!gray

[littletail]

(Hello! It's me again. I come out of hiatus for a short while to finally post a sequel to the Erik and Juvia short story. Juvia finally gets her revenge!)

Juvia had her arms crossed bitterly as she watched Erik from across the room. She was avoiding him in case he tried to get her in trouble again.

She had been plotting and scheming and just trying to think of anything to get back at him for getting her in trouble with her Papa! But he hardly ever came around and when he did, he wasn’t small!

But now he was, and Juvia had a plan. Erik was an older age range Little, which meant he didn't wear diapers like others did. And that was perfect for her.

She could be super sneaky with her water magic. Though Papa said she wasn't allowed to use magic while small, he didn't really need to know about it this time.

So, while he was focused on his toy while standing by a table, Juvia struck. She snaked a thin stream of water over to him, small enough to not be detected until she had gathered enough…

Before splashing all of it against his front.

“Gahhh!” Erik jumped violently, “H-hey!”

Juvia inhaled deeply and shouted, “PAPA!”

“Wh-why did you DO TH-THAT?” Erik angrily demanded right before the Caregivers ran in. Pretending to be younger than she was, Juvia immediately pointed at Erik, “He went potty!”

“I-I DID N-NOT! Y-YOU THREW WATER ON M-ME!” Erik cried as his face turned bright red. Juvia could only hope that they believed her over him, otherwise she was in trouble. 

Juvia just chose to innocently suck her thumb.

“Gray?” Richard turned to him. Gray could only shrug with a grimace, “She seems too small to be using her magic… Is he prone to accidents?”

“N-NO!” Erik wailed, throwing his fists down to his sides, “BUBBA! N-NO! NO DIAPERS AG-AGAIN!”

“Shh… Remember what we said about indoor voices, Baby Snake,” Richard picked him up. Erik squirmed, “I-I didn't, Bubba! I didn't! No b-bad! No bad!”

“Having an accident doesn't make you bad… It was just an accident. They happen!”

“W-wasn't!”

“Erik,” Richard said sternly, causing the Little to quiet down, “What do you tell Bubba when you have to go?”

“I-I didn't! I didn't! Please, Bubba! No diapers!” Erik was practically sobbing now. 

“You know we have to. But, tell you what. It can be just for a week this time,” Richard explained, but it did little to calm Erik.

“No! Bubba, please! No!”

“Let's get you cleaned up, then we'll go home,” Richard carried the wailing Little out of the playroom.

“You did good by calling for us, Raindrop,” Gray ruffled her hair. She did feel guilty for upsetting Erik, but this made her feel better.

That lying water witch! 

Erik didn't know if he should keep crying or start seething. Now he was gonna be stuck in diapers for a whole week! That wasn't fair! All he gave her was a few minutes in timeout!

Oh, she was going to pay!

[littletail]

Hellooo ! I know you’re on account haitus but will we be getting another story soon? Also can I request hcs for little juvia and cgs gajeel, lyon and gray? I feel like those 3 go out of their way to work together to make her happy when she slips! :3

I have been trying to chip away at writing, but everything I have is unfinished and I'm stuck on completing them, so a story likely won't happen too soon. (I could maybe attempt smaller fic-lets, but they'll have to come after finals.)

Onto the headcanons!

Little!Juvia:

One of the better behaved Littles of the Guild, but just because she doesn't get into trouble as often as the others doesn't mean she doesn't know how.

Her tantrums are surprisingly volatile as a side effect of having magic that can affect the weather. Fortunately, they are few and far between.

She loves her plushies. She has a growing collection from her Caregivers, ranging from sea creatures to snow animals. Although, in true Gajeel fashion, she also has the odd cryptid here and there. Her favorite among them is Nessie.

Prone to frequent nightmares from her time in Phantom Lord. She sleeps with her Caregivers more than she does alone.

Caregiver!Gajeel:

The strict Caregiver. He has hardened his heart to the puppy eyes and crocodile tears and is often the one to handle discipline when Juvia starts acting out.

All three of them are protective over her, but Gajeel takes it to new levels. This is his friend and Little we're talking about here. If he had his way, those who hurt her would never see the light of day again.

Caregiver!Lyon:

The fun Caregiver. He is known for letting Juvia off the hook, giving her extra sweets, or letting her play for longer than she's normally allowed to.

He will fold at the puppy dog eyes. Every single time.

He will spoil her rotten at every given opportunity. Most of her plushies came from him.

Will 100% freeze someone in a block of ice or have them hunted down by a Snow Tiger if they ever hurt her.

Caregiver!Gray:

The primary Caregiver. A mix of fun and strict.

He's the one Juvia usually goes to for comfort. He would drop everything for her if she had another nightmare.

While not as violent as Gajeel or Lyon, he will stand up for his Little. If words don't work, then he will not hesitate to use magic. The number of people frozen around Magnolia has grown exponentially ever since he took in Juvia as his Little.

[littletail]

Please may I have a Fairy tail age regression scenario of when Little! Juvia is in a rambunctious mood and can't help but feel a desire to push some limits..her Caregiver! Gray was extremely patient because the others were very close to losing their patience with her noisy behaviour (and toys) today. Some of the caregivers were extremely grateful when Caregiver! Gray told his little! Juvia in the nicest way possible to tone down a bit with her little toys..considering some of the littles were asleep in the backroom.

*Caregiver! Lucy is a caregiver to her little! Wendy*

*Caregiver! Laxus is a Caregiver to his little! Freed*

*Caregiver! Erza is a Caregiver to her Little! Levy and Erza is often a babysitter for Jellal and the other members of the littles*

*Caregivers! And basically babysitters Gajeel and Natsu often babysat Sting and Rogue..*

(There was also other littles who also had an assigned Caregiver too in the Fairy tail guild)

Little! Juvia is a diaper user and Gray only put her in them as a precaution and rightly so considering how often she had accidents and she never realised considering that she uses her diaper as if she was using the toilet..

Noisy Raindrop

It was the middle of the day at the Fairy Tail Guildhall, and the middle of a multi-Guild playdate being held inside. Everything was going just fine so far, up until it was decided that naptime was coming up.

“Alright, all the beds have been set up in the room. Time for all of you to settle down,” Laxus stated, lifting Freed to his feet.

Not a problem, normally, but not all Littles were expected to actually nap, which caused the ones who were to start pitching fits.

“How come they get to stay up while we have to nap?” Jellal demanded.

“Yeah!” Sting exclaimed. “I wanna stay up too!”

“It’s so unfair!” Freed huffed.

“Guys, how the others choose to care for their Littles is their choice,” Erza explained patiently, holding a sleepy Levy in her arms. 

“And we’re caring for you guys the way we choose to,” Gajeel stated, holding an actually asleep Rogue in his arms. “You can keep playing later.”

“And some of you are pretty tired, oh yeah!” Richard commented as Cobra and Midnight leaned against him, half-asleep.

“And all of you know how important naptime is for you,” Jura lifted Lyon into his arms. The icy Little huffed quietly.

“And others have already had their naps today,” Mirajane said, looking up from where Lisanna and Kinana played with each other.

Gray sighed, “Besides, they won’t just be playing while you guys are asleep,” he explained. “Juvia here will be having a snack and sitting with us. Isn’t that right, Raindrop?”

Juvia giggled, reaching for his hand.

“We’ll be setting up games for all of you to play together once you guys wake up,” Natsu explained, “And you don’t want to be too cranky to play later, do you?”

“No..” Sting sighed.

Jellal crossed his arms with a pout.

Lucy gently bounced Wendy in her arms. “Let’s get you all settled down, okay? We’ll wake you guys up when the hour is over.”

“Fine,” the Littles synchronized.

“Alright! I think everything looks pretty good,” Lucy said.

“I think so, too,” Erza said.

“We help!” Milliana exclaimed. Erza ruffled her hair affectionately, “You sure did!”

“Can we play the games now?” Kinana asked. Mirajane pulled her close, “Not yet. We need to wait for the others to wake up first.”

“Although, I don’t think that’s stopping some of them,” Kagura said.

“Oh no..” Gray murmured, watching anxiously as Juvia played with toys that loudly played some form of audio. First it was a dragon toy that had a voice box inside that would make it roar whenever you squeezed its chest, then a magic fairy wand that played music, a star necklace that lit up and played a jingle, and the list just keeps growing.

Gray honestly wondered if the Little was purposefully testing his patience given the fact that she only played with these toys after the others were still napping. She also never showed much interest in such toys before.

Not that he would lose his patience with his precious Raindrop, but he could feel the gazes of the others on his back, knowing they are slowly losing their patience with him.

He cleared his throat, grabbing Juvia’s attention. “Raindrop, maybe you should put those toys away,” he said, gently taking her current toy. “Besides, you’re supposed to be sitting with the Caregivers. I’ll let you have one quiet toy, but you have to stay with me.”

“Mmm..” Juvia murmured quietly, “Papa..”

Gray almost instantly knew what that meant. “Oh dear,” he chuckled lightly, “Let’s get you cleaned up, shall we?”

“I’ll go check on the others to make sure her playing didn’t wake up the others,” Erza said, before ducking into the back room.

Gray took Juvia into the designated changing room, then cooed at her and tickled her stomach once she was laid down onto her mat.

“We need to have a talk, sweetheart. You knew you weren’t allowed to play with any of those toys while the others were napping, right?”

Juvia sheepishly nodded.

“I’m not mad,” he quickly clarified as he started on getting her cleaned up, “But you are aware that those toys would have woken the others, right?”

“Juvi.. didn’t..” she admitted. “Juvi sorry..”

“Don’t worry about it, Raindrop. But those music toys are getting put away after this, and you’re going to have an early bedtime tonight.”

“Aww..”

He quickly changed her, getting her into a clean diaper, before taking her back out into the main room.

“Crisis averted,” Erza assured. “A couple of them were waking up, but I was able to get them to settle back down.”

“And Juvia here won’t be allowed near those noisemakers for the rest of today,” Gray assured the others.

“Thank goodness for that,” Gajeel huffed quietly. “Rogue is a pain to settle back down once he’s been woken up.”

“What Little isn’t?” Erza giggled.

“Alright, you’re sitting with me from now on, Raindrop," Gray booped Juvia's nose.

Juvia giggled.

[littletail]

Regression Fairy tail scenario

Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster with a little! female reader who absolutely hates injections/shots in other words and Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster felt guilty for lying to his little hook line and stinker about where they were going since Gray's little needed a flu shot and his little felt betrayed that her papa lied to her about it. Even though the reader was feeling big now..she certainly wasn't feeling like that when she saw the nasty shot..

It was quick..Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster didn't have to tell little! You to take deep breaths when the nurse gave you the shot..it took a split second for the pain to go up your body after the injection..it wasn't long before you let out a shrieking wail that practically filled the whole room when the smoother fell out of your mouth (the nurse did inform your older brother, Gray Fullbuster who is a Caregiver to you beforehand of that may happen..*it was a hospital clinc for littles anyway*) and Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster comforting his little sister who is a little..after that nasty injection.

(Never wrote a reader story before, so I hope I did it right lol. It was a fun challenge!)

Little Reader

You were pouting.

How couldn’t you? Your dear, sweet Papa turned out to be a liar!

A big old mean liar!

“Sweetheart, are you still mad at me?” Gray asked, resting his hand on your back. You turned your head away and closed your eyes with a huff. You weren’t talking to him! He promised ice cream and instead brought you to the doctor! 

Sure the nurses were really nice and it was fun being around the other Littles in the waiting room, but that wasn’t the point!

“I’m sorry, Sweetheart, but you’re overdue for your flu shot, so we need to be here,” he said quietly.

You crossed your arms and looked away from him. You weren’t entirely sure what it was with needles, but they were just too much. A line that should not be crossed.

Need a monster taken out? Consider it done!

Dark Wizards harassing a town? They were finished before they even knew it.

Ordinary bandits taking out wagons and carts? Easy peasy!

A flu shot? Not on your life.

“If you’re a good girl..” he started. 

Wait, you knew that tone. That bribery tone, reserved as a last resort whenever you were being extra difficult. It wasn’t going to work this time! All the Jewel in the world couldn’t convince you to get the shot.

“..then you’ll get a nice big sundae at the ice cream shop later. Whatever you want.”

You gasped. Whatever you wanted? Usually, he had to do the order for you to keep you from going overboard, but now he was giving you permission to?

“Promise?” you asked.

“Yes, but only if you’re on your bestest behavior!” Gray said, booping your nose. “Once the shot is done, we’ll go down to the ice cream shop and get whatever sundae you want, and then we can go home and tell Juvia that you were a big brave girl and she’ll be so proud of you.”

You giggled happily.

“And so will big brother Gray!” he tickled your side playfully. You squealed with laughter.

“Y/N Fullbuster?” a nurse called.

“That’s us,” Gray helped you up, then led you by the hand into the office. You tightened your grip on his hand and he gently ran his thumb over your knuckles in return. “It’ll be quick and easy,” he said.

He was half right. The initial check-up itself went by quickly and without many issues. Anytime you felt unsure, you looked to Gray for answers and/or reassurance.

“Alright,” the nurse said once it was over, “Give me a moment and I’ll bring in the vaccine, okay?” she said kindly. “Don’t worry about a thing, Sweetheart. You’ll hardly feel it,” she assured when you started nervously fidgeting.

“Here, take my hand,” Gray said, taking your hand in his own.

You gripped it tightly, burying your face in his shoulder. You could hear the nurse return and place down the tray of supplies. You flinched and whimpered, but didn’t look up, when you felt her move your sleeve and rub your arm with the alcohol wipe. Gray pressed your paci to your mouth, and you started nursing nervously.

“You’re doing great,” Gray said. “My big brave girl.”

You glanced up, catching a glimpse of the needle before letting out a quiet squeal and hiding your face again. You didn’t feel very brave. Or big for that matter.

“Deep breaths, Sweetheart,” the nurse said quietly. “Deep breath in..”

You did as told.

“And deep breath out…”

As you did so, you felt the all too familiar prick in your arm.

In hindsight, you’ll later agree that it wasn’t that bad. But in the moment, when you’re small and scared, it feels so much worse than it actually was.

You let out a shriek, causing the paci to fall out. Gray wrapped his arms around you as you sobbed and wailed. 

“There there.. It’s over.. It was nice and quick, just like we said..” Gray tried to soothe you, placing the paci back in your mouth.

“And you even got a cute Band-Aid to cover it up! You love snowflakes, right?” the nurse said, having remembered from the last few times you needed this shot.

You slowly nodded. Snowflakes reminded you of your big brother!

Eventually, your sobs eased away into quiet sniffles. Gray quietly rubbed your back until you settled down. 

“You were so brave this time around! You didn’t even kick up a fuss when you saw the needle,” Gray said. “Big brave girl.”

You didn’t feel big or brave, but your brother was usually right about things, so it felt safe to trust him. “W-we still gettin’ ice cream..?” you asked quietly.

“Yep! Anything you want, as promised!”

“Yay!”

[littletail]

Fairy tail regression scenario of when Little! Juvia Lockser who regressed around 3-4..slipped dangerously low in her headspace which was new maybe around 2 years old after a unpleasant night terror/nightmare about her days in the Phantom guild and Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster in her nightmare saying that he would never love a Little! Juvia who is like that in the Phantom guild before pushing her into the sea..(Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster will never do that to his little..especially not to Juvia) and what really happened when Juvia was pushed into the sea was that Juvia wet the bed and her diaper in her sleep ( Gray took the initiative to put Juvia in diapers just as a precaution at night and out and about during long journeys). Gray was not mean or nasty or anything negative about being woken up in the middle of the night about Juvia's night terrors about her Phantom guild past or the fact that Juvia had clearly heavily soiled her diaper because of it..and Gray kinda realised that Juvia slipped low in her headspace and Gray comforts Juvia throughout the whole process when he didn't waste any time in cleaning up his little (changing her diaper) and Gray wasn't disgusted that he had to change her diaper and he made sure that his little knew that when he made Juvia feel better about her nightmares and he also told her that he still loves his little no matter what..

Nightmares

Juvia stared up at the Ice wizard standing over her. Rain was pouring down heavily, something she was used to, but it didn’t seem to bother him at all. He just glared down at her, knowing she was beat.

“Attacking my Guild. Kidnapping my friend. Destroying my home,” he stated coldly. “You and the rest of your sorry Guild made the biggest mistake you could’ve made by attacking us.”

“J-Juvia was just-”

“Just what? ‘Following orders?’” he mocked. “Typical for you Littles. Always blindly following others around… Disgusting.”

“J-Juvia is n-not-!”

“Well, it’s time we finish this,” he grabbed her by the arm, roughly pulling her up before holding her over the edge of the platform they fought on just a few moments prior. Underneath her was the lake that the Phantom Lord mech hall had traversed over to reach Magnolia.

“W-wait-! Please!”

“Good riddance,” he said coldly, before dropping her.

Juvia watched her life flash before her eyes for what felt like an eternity before finally hitting the cold water.

Juvia gasped, jolting awake and hyperventilating. She hiccuped, tightly gripping her blanket as she curled up into a ball. She was cold and felt soaked with sweat.

“Papa… Papa…” she whined. Her Papa wouldn’t do that to her! Would he…? Normally, such fears wouldn’t bother her, but right now, she was small and very scared, and those fears were all she could think about.

She could still feel the water around her- Wait.

She sniffled, slowly moving her blanket and spotting her soaked padding. She covered her face, just barely restraining her sobs, instead letting out a squeak. Gray was insistent on the protection, in spite of Juvia insisting that she was a big girl and wouldn’t need it.

But that didn’t bother her, since she knew her Papa always knew best.

What bothered her was the fear of what he’d think. Would he be bothered by it, telling her that he told her so? Would he be disgusted?

Such thoughts sent her spiraling and it was getting harder to think and breathe, and she didn’t know what to do-

“Juvia?”

She jolted upright, spotting Gray standing at her door, rubbing the sleep from his eye with one hand while the other was on the doorframe, “What’s wrong, Raindrop?”

Juvia hiccuped and hid under her blanket. She didn’t want him to look at her out of fear of what he’d say. She didn’t want him to be disgusted with her.

“Raindrop..?” he got closer when she didn’t speak. “What’s the matter? Feeling smaller? Did you have a nightmare?” He sat on the bed, but when he attempted to reach out to her, she flinched away.

“Hey.. what’s wrong, Raindrop..? You don’t need to be afraid..” he assured. “Papa’s here, so everything is going to be just fine..”

She sobbed quietly into her pillow, so Gray spent the next few minutes gently rubbing her back. IT took a while to get Juvia to calm down, but once she did, Gray pulled her into his lap.

“Now what’s got you so worked up, Raindrop?”

She sniffled and hiccuped, hiding her face in his chest. He hummed, then checked her padding. Upon finding it soaked, he repositioned her back onto the bed, “Looks like somebody needs a change.”

Juvia whimpered, then started sobbing again.

“Hey.. hey..” he pulled her into a hug. “Shh… shhhh…” he rubbed her back. “You’re really worrying me now, Raindrop. What happened..?”

“Papa… think… Juvi… gross…” she forced out, too Little to form a proper sentence.

“What? Who told you I thought you were gross?” Gray asked, gently bouncing Juvia. She sniffled and pointed to her head.

“You had a nightmare about it? Oh, Raindrop, I promise, I would never..” he said, keeping her close. “You are my sweet girl, and I will always take care of you,” he tightened his grip on her. When she settled, he smiled and rubbed her back again.

“Now, let’s get you changed,” he set her back down. When she started fussing, he gently shushed her, “We need to get you cleaned up, Sweetheart. Then you can cuddle with Papa for the rest of the night. Sound good?”

Juvia nodded, prompting another smile from Gray. With everything said and done, he promptly got to work cleaning her up. Whenever she whimpered, he would quietly go, “Shh.. Everything’s okay, Raindrop.”

Once she had a new diaper snugly taped around her waist, Gray picked her up again. “Papa will keep those nasty nightmares away, Raindrop. You’ll have nothing but nice, sweet dreams tonight, I promise.” He kissed her forehead, “And never forget, Papa loves you so, so much.”

Juvia smiled and yawned, before burying her face into Gray’s shoulder. It wasn’t long before she fell asleep, comfortable in her Papa’s loving embrace.

[littletail]

Fairy tail regression scenario

Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster accidentally yelling at his Little..(Little! Juvia Lockser who regressed around 3-4) when Gray thought that it was Natsu who came to bother him again when it was actually Little! Juvia Lockser actually wanting a hug because she was unhappy about something and that was generally a mistake of the Caregiver (Gray accidentally yelled at Little! Juvia) ..it was obvious that it made the poor little cry because of her sudden rain outside when she went to cry somewhere private in the guild. Caregiver! Gray apologises to his little Juvia for the mistake on his part..Gray had been pissed off because of Natsu and Gray knew that it was a mistake to yell at her and it was wrong and he was sorry for yelling at her..Juvia didn't deserve that and Gray didn't realise that it was Juvia who tapped his shoulder and it thought it was Natsu who had more things to say to piss him off and accidentally yelled at her..

Regrets

Gray was not in a good mood.

He’s been dealing with Natsu all day and Gray’s slowly losing it. The pink haired pyromaniac was driving him up a wall more than usual today and he just wasn’t in any mood for it anymore.

So when he felt a hand tap his shoulder, trying to grab his attention, his first thought immediately went to just how annoyed at Natsu he was.

“WHAT,” he snapped, whirling around. All of his annoyance immediately faded away into guilt when he watched as Juvia violently flinched back. Rainy blue eyes widened, before filling with tears.

“J-Juvia!” he stuttered, “I-I didn’t.. I didn’t realize..” he reached out to her. She backed away, before running off.

“Wait-!” Gray wanted to go after her, but felt a hand on his shoulder preventing him from moving. He glanced over, looking into Erza’s worried eyes. “Leave her alone for a moment. Let her calm down a bit first.”

“I-I just..”

“I know. Don’t worry about it, I’m sure she’ll forgive you once you two talk about it,” Erza assured, ‘But for now, just let her calm down a bit first.”

“I just w-wish I knew..” he said, “I wish I knew it was her so I didn’t…”

“Why did you snap?” she asked. He ran a hand down his face, “Natsu’s been bothering me all day…” he admitted, “I thought it was him coming to bother me again.”

Though, in hindsight, Natsu wouldn’t have wasted time tapping Gray’s shoulder. He’d have just hit him.

“Ugh, I’m such an idiot…” he pressed his hands to his face.

“No you’re not. You’ve just had a rough day, is all.. Juvia will understand once she calms down.”

“I just want to give her a big hug and let her know how sorry I am..”

“You can do that once she’s calmed down a little. I’m sure she’ll come to you when she’s ready.”

“I hope so..”

So with that, Gray waited.

And waited.

The few minutes Gray had to wait were some of the longest, most agonizing minutes of his life, although he rationally knew it hadn’t been that long, but the guilt eating at him made it feel a lot longer than it actually was. He impatiently and anxiously paced around while his nerves went into overdrive.

Fortunately, that all was finally able to come to an end when he saw Juvia poke her head out of hiding, shyly looking over at him.

Gray walked closer, before opening his arms to her. Juvia wasted no time in running over, burying herself in his embrace.

“Oh, Raindrop, I’m so sorry…” he buried his face in her shoulder, “I shouldn’t have snapped at you like that..”

“Is okay, Papa..” Juvia said quietly. “Juvi been having a bad day and.. wanted a hug from Papa..”

“Well, you’re getting a hug now. Papa’s been having a bad day too, Raindrop… I’m so sorry…” Gray said.

“Papa have a bad day?”

“Yeah..” he said quietly, “Natsu’s been bothering me all day and when you tried to get my attention.. I just.. I just kinda lost it..”

“Papa need hug like Juvi!” Juvia hugged him tighter. He chuckled, “Yeah, I did.. Thank you, Raindrop.”

“We cuddle now? Juvi wants cuddles!”

“Yeah, we can go home and cuddle, Raindrop.”

[littletail]

Fairy tail regression scenario..Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster and Little! Juvia Lockser..Little! Juvia Lockser (she regressed maybe around 3-4 years old) wondering off in public after Gray specifically told her to stay right next to him (he told her not to wonder off) because it was the weekend and there was a massive crowd in Mongolia and the last thing that Gray wanted was to lose his little in the crowd. Little! Juvia did kinda get into trouble with Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster for wondering off and for not listening to his instructions..Gray had been scared and had every right to be..

Hello again! I finally got the story done, and I hope you enjoy it!

Lost Raindrop

“Alright. It’s a bit busy today, so I’m going to need you to stay right by my side, okay?” Gray had said.

“Juvi will!” she had assured, and in her defense, she really did try! It wasn’t her fault she was easily distracted by things. Especially when she was being a good girl by getting her Papa a present!

“Papa! Papa, look- huh?” Juvia glanced around, trying to find even the slightest glimpse of Gray (She could’ve sworn he was right there!), but she didn’t see him whatsoever. 

“P-Papa? Papa!” she called, glancing around a bit more frantically, while holding the new toy to her chest. “Where’d you go, Papa?” she slowly ventured out into the crowd. 

She sniffled, hugging the doll tighter as she roamed through the crowded streets, “Papa!” she kept calling, hoping one of these times, he’d answer. But she never heard him.

“Papa..!” she cried, pressing a hand to her eyes, trying to wipe away the tears as they formed. 

‘Don’t panic.. What does Papa always tell Juvi to do when she gets lost?’ she thought, then remembered, ‘Deep breaths and.. ask for help!’

Through a few hiccups, she tried to take in a few deep, albeit shaky, breaths. Once her anxiety was lessened somewhat, she wiped her eyes again before attempting to speak up.

“Hello?” she looked around at the people around her, “H-hello?”

With minimal luck, she kept trying. Everyone either couldn’t tell her what she wanted to know at best, or outright ignored her at worst.

With a heavy sigh, she tried one last time, “Hello? C-can somebody help Juvi?”

“Juvia?”

Juvia whirled around, immediately meeting the gaze of a familiar blonde woman. “What are you doing out here by yourself? I thought you were with Gray,” Lucy said, worry evident in her eyes. 

“Juvi was! And Juvi promised she wouldn’t leave Papa’s side! But Juvi saw something she wanted to buy for Papa as a gift and when she turned around, he was gone!” she wailed.

“Hey, don’t panic,” Lucy pulled the distraught Little into a hug, “We’ll find him together, okay? And if we can’t find him out here, we’ll just go back to the Guildhall and wait for him there. But for now, let’s try to get you cheered up.”

Juvia sniffled and nodded, “O-okay.. Juvi feels bad..”

“Don’t feel bad,” Lucy said, taking the other girl’s hand.

“What if Papa gets really upset? Juvi promised..”

“You know Gray would never get really upset with you,” Lucy assured.

“He must be so worried..” Juvia said quietly.

“But he’ll be happy knowing that you were safe, at least!”

Juvia nodded, sniffling. “Juvi just wanted to be a good girl..”

“You are! We all find ourselves getting lost every now and then, it’s nothing to feel bad about,” Lucy said. “And I’m sure Gray will enjoy the gift you give him.”

“If he’s not mad at Juvi..”

“He won’t be! Gray just doesn't get angry with people, especially not his own Little," Lucy assured.

Juvia nodded again, but still looked unsure. She slipped her thumb into her mouth slightly.

“Ah ah, we don’t stick fingers in our mouths, okay?” Lucy gently removed it. “Do you have your paci with you?”

“Too old for it. Juvi’s four!”

“None of us are too old to have a comfort item,” Lucy assured. Juvia looked away for a moment, before taking her handbag and pulling her pacifier out of it. Lucy smiled, “Good!”

Juvia smiled slightly as she slipped the soother into her mouth.

“Want to get some ice cream?” Lucy asked, “I think it would work wonders for a pick-me-up!” she grinned.

Juvia nodded again.

Gajeel walked through the market, hands in his pockets, as he listened to the manic ramblings of the Caregiver following behind him. He couldn't say he blamed the guy, since it was slowly getting late and they had still yet to find Juvia, but Gajeel trusted his Rainy Guildmate, and the guilty ramblings weren't helping anybody.

“All I did was turn my back for a second and she was just gone. Oh God, how could I let this happen? I’m the worst Caregiver in the world-”

“Oi!” Gajeel interrupted, putting an abrupt stop to the other’s ramblings. “Calm down. You are far from the worst Caregiver I’ve met, and she’s still in Magnolia, so nothing seriously bad is going to happen to her. Worst case scenario, she’s probably just a little bit spooked right now, but I assure you, Juvia’s tough.”

“Even when she’s feeling Little?” Gray asked.

“Yes, even then,” Gajeel said. When Gray didn’t look convinced, he sighed and said, “Look, I know how ya feel. It’s really scary now, but I promise you, everything will go back to normal once you two are reunited. Granted, you might feel a bit more vigilant than usual for some time afterwards.”

“Ain’t that the truth..” Gray sighed.

“But this doesn’t make you a bad Caregiver to her. These things can happen to anybody. You just need to stay calm and think rationally,” the Iron Dragon explained.

Gray chuckled lightly, “I never thought I’d be getting this kind of advice from you, of all people, to be honest.”

“Yeah? Well, we’re all full of surprises, ain’t we? Gihi!”

Gray scoffed lightly with a smirk and rolled his eyes slightly, only to look down at the ground, lost in thought for a long few moments.

“I swear.. I’m going to take her home and never let her out of my sight again,” Gray stated. “I feel so guilty, it’s like I can even hear her voice..”

“Papa!”

“Wait.. You heard that too, right?” Gray looked up at Gajeel. The tall Dragon smirked.

“Papa! Over here, Papa!”

His head whirled around so quickly that it hurt his neck, but he didn’t care. He instantly spotted Juvia with Lucy as the two of them sat outside the Guildhall with ice cream in hand.

“What took you so long?” Lucy giggled lightly.

“Juvia!” he laughed, running over and wrapping his arms around her. 

“Papa! Papa! Juvi so so so sorry! She didn’t mean to-” she rambled on.

“Shh.. Easy.. Everything is okay now. But when we get home, we are going to have a talk about today because you worried me sick!” he explained, his voice slightly hardened as he let go, gently pushing her away so he could see her face. Juvia slumped somewhat, “Juvi really sorry.. She.. She wanted to give you this,” she held up the toy she bought.

“That’s why you wandered off?” Gray asked quietly, gently taking it and looking it over. After a moment, he smiled, “Such a thoughtful little one. Thank you, Sweetheart.. But we’re still going to have a long talk. Now you know what happens when you get separated from Papa in large crowds. We'll go over whatever it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again, okay?"

Juvia nodded, smiling. She was just happy to have her Papa back.

[littletail]

Fairy tail regression scenario..

Little! Juvia Lockser getting hurt after a worried Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster told her to get down from a rather large and hazardous looking tree but Little! Juvia didn't exactly listen because she wanted to show her Papa how high she is in the tree..it was instinct karma when Little! Juvia Lockser (Juvia was 3 years old today) got hurt when the fragile looking branch snapped when she stood on it and Little! Juvia Lockser fell maybe..5 feet and landed rather hard on the wooden ground..she understandably started crying..Little! Juvia broke her arm and she was covered in bruises and grazes.

How it came to this..was that Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster took Little! Juvia Lockser out in the sunshine to a park that Little! Juvia Lockser will enjoy and generally because it was too nice to be indoors in the guild..and Little! Juvia was enjoying the playground well enough until Little! Juvia thought it would be alright to climb the tree that her papa told her to never climb up on or go near..Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster realised that his little was suspiciously quiet for some reason and it was obvious when Little! Juvia Lockser called out for her papa and she was halfway up the tree that Gray forbid her from going near..(too many people got hurt climbing up that dangerous tree, mainly littles)..Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster wasted no time in making his little come down from that tree that looked dangerous..but Little! Juvia Lockser didn't exactly listen to Papa because she wanted to show him how talented she is and she suffered an instinct karma of falling five feet from the tree when she stood on a weak looking branch before Gray could help her down and Little! Juvia Lockser fell hard on the wooden ground and the impact broke her right arm and she suffered bruises and grazes as well..of course Little! Juvia started wailing because it hurts..obviously the nasty fall broke her arm and gave her other injuries to boot and as much as Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster wanted to give her a scolding for not listening to him about not climbing up that dangerous looking tree that she got hurt on..treating her injuries and making sure that she was alright was his top priority..*cue a worried Caregiver! Lucy Heartfilla running towards the scene because she saw what had happened..Lucy had been running an errand to the supermarket while her Little! Wendy was taking a nap in the Fairy tail guild under the watchful eye of Mirajane and Lucy saw what had happened*

Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster taught Little! Juvia Lockser a good lesson about dangerous looking trees and listening to Papa about them and not climbing on them from now on. Gray didn't shout..he wasn't cruel and regarding Juvia's headspace of that Juvia Lockser was regressed to age three years old..he doesn't want to be the one responsible for making her cry as well..(it was after Little! Juvia Lockser had her injuries treated and her broken arm set in a cast at the local Mongolia hospital for littles was when Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster taught Little! Juvia Lockser a good lesson about it)

Tree Climbing

“Papa! Papa, look!”

Juvia’s voice certainly didn’t come from anywhere it normally should’ve. It came from somewhere above Gray.

His heart almost stopped when he spotted her.

Juvia was climbing up a very tall, very unsafe looking tree. The height alone made Gray sick to his stomach.

“Juvia Lockser, you come down from there this instant!” Gray called up to her. Her face fell when he used her full name instead of their usual ‘Raindrop’ but Gray had no time to worry about feeling guilty over that now.

“But.. Papa.. Look!” she climbed up onto another branch. One that looked awfully unsturdy.

“Juvia, no-!” Gray’s strangled sounding cry was cut short when the branch snapped and sent the Little plummeting.

“JUVIA!” he ran, trying to lunge for her. 

With a far more sickening snapping sound, Juvia hit the ground. Gray was too late to catch her.

Once the shock wore off, Juvia started wailing. Gray immediately cradled the Little in his arms, her clothes were ripped up and she had scratched from the branches, and he felt his stomach drop when he saw her arm bent at a strange angle. He hovered his hand over it, trying to use his ice magic to numb the pain a little bit, “You’re okay.. You’re okay, Raindrop.. Let’s get you to Wendy.”

Hopefully the girl was big enough to help her…

“Hur’s… Hur’s, Papa…”

“I know it does, Raindrop, but I promise, it’ll all be fixed up real soon.”

“Papa…” she whined. “Shh..” he kissed her forehead, “It’s okay, Raindrop..”

She sniffled, lifting her good arm and wiping her eyes, “Is Papa mad..?”

“Disappointed at most.. I warned you not to go up that tree..”

“Oh my God!”

Gray looked up as Lucy ran over, “I saw what happened! Is she okay?”

“A broken arm, and mostly shaken, but.. she should be alright. Do you have Wendy with you?”

“She’s taking a nap back at the Guildhall. Mirajane offered to watch her for me so I could run a few errands.”

“I hate to ask, but…” Gray trailed off.

“We’ll see once we get back,” Lucy said. “If she’s too small, then we might need to take Juvia to Porlyusica instead.”

Gray really didn’t want to have to deal with that. The older woman was a pain to deal with on a good day, and he really didn’t need her upsetting Juvia.

“We really need to have a talk with the mayor about that tree. Far too many Littles are getting hurt falling out of it,” Gray said.

“I know. My heart stopped when I watched Wendy fall out of it,” Lucy said. “She ended up being fine, but it still wasn’t a fun thing to watch.”

“Well, hopefully this one knows better now,” Gray gently rocked Juvia. Her crying had settled somewhat. She was no longer wailing, but she still had tears dripping down her face.

“Wendy will help you feel all better, Raindrop,” Gray said. “But can I trust you to stay out of that tree from now on?”

“Yes, Papa…”

Alas, Wendy wasn’t the best bet to get Juvia all fixed up, as the girl was sleepy and small herself. Fortunately, he was able to get her to the hospital in record time. They quickly got her arm set and wrapped up in its cast, then gave her some painkillers. While it was nothing compared to Wendy’s magic, she calmed down tremendously once they kicked in.

Gray had Juvia sleep for most of her time there. She had a rough day and was under a lot of medications to manage the pain, so he could only imagine how tired she was.

Once she was awake, however…

“You scared me half to death,” Gray stated, refusing to shout. He didn’t want to upset or scare Juvia, but still needed his point to be heard. “What were you thinking?”

“Juvi wanted to impress Papa..” she said meekly. “A-and Juvi wanted to be like all the others who did it..”

“Including the part where they all fell out?”

Juvia made an uncomfortable noise.

Gray sighed, “You don’t need to do reckless things to impress me, Raindrop,” he gently ruffled her hair. “We all warn our Littles to stay out of that tree for a reason. And now you’ve learned why,” he explained.

“Jelly said he didn’t fall!”

Jellal of all Littles climbed that damn tree?

Gray supposed it shouldn’t surprise him that much. It was like a magnet for Littles. He knew Wendy climbed it once, but he wasn’t too concerned about her. As a Dragon Slayer, she was far more durable than the average person, and she can use her wind magic to slow her fall.

He also knew that Freed, Levy, and now Jellal climbed it, which left him a lot more concerned. Jellal could probably save himself with his magic, but the other two would’ve been out of luck.

“Jelly probably lied about that part,” Gray said. “Every Little in Magnolia who's climbed that tree has fallen out of it.”

“Sorry, Papa..” she murmured.

“It’s okay, Raindrop. But you can guarantee you’ll be grounded from the park for a while,” he said. Juvia whimpered.

“Don’t give me that. You knew you weren’t supposed to climb that tree and still did it anyway,” Gray stated sternly. He hated being stern with his Little, but how else was she supposed to learn? He hated watching her get hurt more.

“I just want you to play safely. Promise me you can do that?”

“Juvi promises.”

“Good girl.”